A $30 billion gas hub project in Western Australia’s environmentally sensitive Kimberley region has been recommended to proceed by the state… (yahoo news) [mappress] Source: yahoo news, December 13, 2010;
ExxonMobil congratulated Qatar on becoming the world’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas at a ceremony today marking the production capacity milestone of 77 million tones per annum (MTA). The event was celebrated in Ras Laffan Industrial City at a ceremony under the patronage and in the pres
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is to be built at the C.N.P. Freire S.A.
GE today announced its intention to make an offer for 100% of Wellstream Holdings PLC, a leading engineer and manufacturer of high-quality flexible pipeline products for oil and gas transportation in the subsea production industry. The terms of the transaction, which value Wellstream’s share capital
MEO Australia Limited advises that since the last progress report, the 9-5/8” casing was run and cemented to a depth of 2,971m MDRT and the 8-1/2” hole was drilled through the target reservoirs to a total depth of 3,500m MDRT over the weekend. No hydrocarbons were encountered in the objective reserv
Shell and Schlumberger announced a multiyear research technology cooperation agreement focusing on improving the recovery factor of oil and gas reservoirs and extending the life of existing oil and natural gas fields. • Goal is to speed development of oil and gas resources to meet increasing demand
The Al Samriya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 263,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal December 16, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubi
Europe can meet its 2050 ambition of reducing its CO2-emissions by 80 per cent compared to 1990, in a faster and more cost-efficient way if natural gas plays a significant part in the energy mix going forward. In a report initiated by a group of experienced gas players in Europe and delivered to the
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cheniere Common Units Holding, LLC, has reached an agreement with its lenders to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement dated August 15, 2008, for the 2008 Convertible Loans due 2018. The outstanding balance of the Loa
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) has been selected to build the country’s first LNG carrier export order for a Japanese owner… (simic) [mappress] Source: simic, December 10, 2010;
Taiwan, the third-biggest importer of liquefied natural gas in Asia, imported 926,810 tons of LNG in October, up 1.5% from 913,013 tons a ye… (chinaknowledge) [mappress] Source: chinaknowledge, December 10, 2010;
Australia Pacific LNG has confirmed that a comprehensive investigation into traces of BTEX found in produced water from its coal seam gas exploration activities in October has been completed. Findings from the investigation confirm that there is no significant risk to the environment or human health
Waterborne, the global leader in monitoring and analyzing LNG markets, announced today that during the month of November 2010, European LNG import volumes set a new, unprecedented record high. According to Steve Johnson, president of Houston-based Waterborne, Europe imported a staggering 302 bcf – s
KM LNG Operating General Partnership, an affiliate of Apache Corporation, today announced that it has filed a licence application with the Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) for approval to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the planned Kitimat LNG Terminal located at Bish Cove, British Colum
